A timeline of the longest-ever government shutdownpublished at 20:27 GMT
20:27 GMT
Sakshi Venkatraman
Reporting from New York
This government shutdown has been long. In fact, there has never been one this long in US history.
So let’s refresh on some of the key moments of the last 43 days:
19 September – The US House passes a resolution to fund the government. Later in the day, the Senate rejects it with its lawmakers at an impasse
1 October – The federal government shuts down. Services deemed non-essential start being suspended and thousands of employees furloughed
10 October – The Trump administration begins laying off federal workers
11 October – Trump directs the defence secretary to pay military personnel despite the shutdown
15 October – A judge temporarily blocks Trump from laying off federal workers
24 October – Hundreds of thousands of federal workers miss their first full paychecks
1 November – Money runs out for government food aid program, Snap, impacting 42 million Americans
5 November – Shutdown becomes the longest in US history after Senate rejects a spending bill 14 times
7 November – The government directs airlines to cut a percent of domestic flights, causing delays and cancellations at airports
9 November – Suddenly, an end to the impasse. Senators from both parties reach a deal to end the shutdown
10 November – The Senate passes the government funding bill, returning it to the House for approval
11 November – The House Rules Committee approves the Senate bill without amendment on party lines in a seven-hour meeting, sending it to the House floor
12 November – House is set to vote on the funding bill with President Trump possibly signing it into law later in the evening